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to elderly, disabled and welfare recipients who are due checks because the governor and the legislature failed to agree on a spending plan before the state's budget year begins today. Treasurer Bill Lockyer said California won't default on any bonds, which have claims second only to schools. Schwarzenegger's administration forecasts that the state will spend $4.5 billion on debt service this year, but only $16 million is due in July. Bond rating agencies could act as early as today to lower California's bond ratings, as they've warned in the past few weeks. Both Moody's and S&P have threatened ...

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the next and start commenting on YouTube and Linkedin in between, hoping that this is the way you can get social media to help your marketing efforts. What you are going to end up with is a lot more time spent on social media, the opportunity to brag about the number of friends, contacts and followers you now have, and no time left to think what to do next and why. The social media flow is so fast and intense you don't even have time to think about it. But, if you look beyond, friends , followers, chats and comments, your true ybottom line, your subscribers, customers and revenues, are not changing much. Why? Simple: Firing ...

Its episodes are posted once per week and are typically about an hour long. In every episode, the hosts discuss particular passages, themes, and questions from the Harry Potter books and films, and they go over the Potter-related news stories reported during the previous week by The Leaky Cauldron. The podcast often includes input from everyday Potter fans, but it has also featured numerous interviews with professionals involved in making the Potter books, films, and video games. PotterCast frequently hosts contests, and it has presented a variety of themed shows, including a special Wizard Rock video edition and an episode for ...

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Most newspapers and magazines have a style guide, but it appears most public relations agencies and departments don't. The changes in public relations practice that are being driven by communication advances such as weblogs are real and it may well be that in the near future significantly more PR time will be spent dealing with communications that address the reader directly, rather than through media that are tidied up by experienced editors. This means that the quality of written English, unmediated by trained gatekeepers, will increasingly present a more transparent face of an ... Read More

conference will also have an exhibition and all of the speakers have been asked to contribute a couple of paragraphs for display. Philip Young has shared his here so I thought I'd do the same: --------------------------- PR professionals are failing our most vulnerable communities because we are afraid to stand by our beliefs and demand our place at the top table. Too often we are too distant from the results of our actions and we forget the human dimension of what we do. As a south Leeds councillor the aftermath of the bombings reminded me that the work of public relations professionals can have a massive ...
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President Obama jumped right into the news conference tonight, immediately focused on health care, and keeping the reform proposal debate the main subject. In fact, only two questions, which were followed by brief answers, covered other topics. The president explained some of this preoccupation, as well as his rush to push the reform through, by explaining that “it’s not about” him, but about the American people; the bushels of mail he receives everyday by American families “clobbered” by costs and their hardships; the fact that “if you don’t set deadlines in this town, things ...
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Just heard an inspiring keynote at the World PR Forum in Stockholm from Brian Solis. Interesting to see the level at which. such a switched on thinker chose to pitch an address to Global Alliance audience. He began with a high octane round up of usual suspects, driven by some typically pithy buzzwords about change, conversation etc. But if you listened carefully there were some hints of hugely important implications of Twitter as collective consciousness. Blog posted here. Just now there is a flurry of tweeting (#ciprsm) about the CIPR&#39;s announcement of a social media panel , ranging from great enthusiasm to considerable ...
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Transaction valued at approximately $44.6 billion in cash and stock; provides 62 percent premium to current trading price for Yahoo! shareholders; combined entity to create a more competitive company, providing superior value to shareholders, better choice and innovation for customers and partners REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 1, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) today announced that it has made a proposal to the Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) Board of Directors to acquire all the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock for per share consideration of $31 representing a total equity value of approximately $44.6 billion. Microsoft’s ...
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As the Tom Izzo saga moved into its second week, there was still little indication Sunday whether the Michigan State basketball coach was close to making a decision about his future. In a text message to The Detroit News Sunday morning, Izzo declined to discuss whether he would stay in East Lansing or leave to become coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA. "Sorry no!" Izzo replied, when asked if he had anything to share on the record about his future. Izzo reportedly is mulling over a five-year, $30 million offer from Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, an MSU graduate who also has remained tight-lipped. Also Sunday, ...
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on the ground, looking every bit the prospect he was made to be, until Condit turned it around late in the third round and wound up getting a stoppage seconds before MacDonald would've gotten the decision; Patrick Barry beat Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic to the punch, even knocking him down twice in the first, until Mirko found a stationary target in a fatigued Barry and sunk in a choke; Chuck Liddell defied industry wisdom that he was cooked and looked the best he had in years -- until Rich Franklin threw a short, awkward right that flipped his fuse, his fight and his career. The most common explanation for these ...
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THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. I am glad to see that all of you braved the weather to be here. A little while ago I had a meeting with the Democratic and Republican congressional leaders, and it went very well. In fact, I understand that McConnell and Reid are out doing snow angels on the South Lawn together. (Laughter.) Can you picture that, Chuck? Not really? The meeting did go well, and I appreciate them making the trek. We had a good and frank conversation and it's one that I hope we can continue on a more regular basis. We all understand that there are legitimate and ...
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High school students were taught that college is the place for learning and preparing for the rest of their lives during Bronx Community College’s (BCC) fifth annual Black and Latino Male Initiative Conference on May 21, 2010. Dr. Peter Barbatis, vice president of Student Development and Enrollment Management, opened the daylong conference attended by more than 100 local students. He remarked that men are measured by their kindness, commitment, integrity and hard work. They should not let life’s challenges prevent them from fulfilling their dreams. “Young men need to be more resilient in confronting the challenges of day-to-day ...

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rockmidgetsPacked @DEFTONESBAND conference. Good news, Chi is making progress. No discussion on Eros yet, but... I'll put the transcript up next week.

skiingbeingWatching the Baylor news conference, where the AD is giving no new information, and only making me feel worse that we are completely screwed

The Dolphins didn&#039;t hold a press conf. saying no one team member is more important. So Marshall held is own. Is this just something to sweep under the rug no big deal. Or is it a sign of were Marshalls head is at and what his priorities are. I don&#039;t really have a opininion because not sure if the Dolphins were ok with it or if it is common for a player to hold own press conf. I just thought it was odd watching the news and them saying he held his own. Member since: July 18, 2006 Total points: 23259 (Level 6) Badge Image: Egomaniac; and how or who in the world makes this guy the highest paid WR in the NFL? ...

Its a couple hours before Pacquiao vs Clottey "The Event" and the following are the different ways/methods to watch the fight: * [ Wait for the updated online stream video that will be embedded here later which can be found at the bottom of this page, so just refresh the page when the video freezes ] * Go to WatchBoxing.info's coverage (note: the site requires you to fill-up survey before you could watch it. Don't worry its free and will take a couple of minutes of your time. My advice is that you sign-up early so that you already on the site before the fight) * Use a SOPCAST software. You need to install ...